Prime Slider vs Horizontal Scroll Slider
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Prime Slider ranks #397 on the popular list; Horizontal Scroll Slider is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Prime Slider has the largest install base, roughly 10000× the next: 100K+ active installs against 10+ for Horizontal Scroll Slider. Downloads this week: Prime Slider 55,488 and Horizontal Scroll Slider 11. Ratings: Prime Slider 4.5★ from 82 and Horizontal Scroll Slider 1★ from 1 reviews.
| Metric | Prime Slider | Horizontal Scroll Slider |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #397 ▲ 1 | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 100K+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 55,488 | 11 |
| Rating | 4.5★ (82) | 1★ (1) |
| Last updated | Oct 26, 2026 | Mar 8, 2016 |
| Current version | 5.1.0 | 1.0 |
| Best rank on record | #379 | #32,030 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Oct 2019 | Mar 2016 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 1 | 0 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Prime Slider or Horizontal Scroll Slider?
By active installs, Prime Slider: 100K+ sites run it against 10+ for Horizontal Scroll Slider, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 28, 2026.
Are Prime Slider or Horizontal Scroll Slider alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.